Lost in explanation: internal conflicts in the discourse of ADHD psychoeducation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric classifications are understood in many different ways. For children with ADHD and their parents, psychoeducation is an important source of information for shaping their understanding. Moreover, psychoeducation is often taken by children and parents to represent how their story is understood by the therapist. As a result, the way psychoeducation is formulated may affect the therapeutic alliance, one of the most robust mediators of treatment outcome. In addition, psychoeducation may indirectly influence the way we understand psychological differences as a society.

Methods

To better understand how the classification ADHD is given meaning through psychoeducation, we analyzed 41 written psychoeducational materials from four different countries; the USA, UK,

SUBMITTER: van Langen MJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644452 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature